The Hollywood hype helped put 23-year-old Bebe, once just another obscure retailer, on the national map--and land the number two spot on the FORBES list of 200 Best Small Companies in America this year.

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Passengers enter their flight number to obtain a color-coded seat map of the aircraft, displaying the best and worst seats to book.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The satellite-borne phone will map the Earth with its 5 megapixel camera and conduct a number of scientific and engineering experiments, the most significant of which will be to hand total control of the spacecraft over to the Nexus.

BBC: Thinking outside the box in space

Its new map of Wales is based on Parliament voting to cut the number of Welsh MPs by a quarter - from 40 to 30.

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